Pre-Grant Publication Number: 20080059576
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Prior Art Detail
Summary / Description
| Summary / Description | The system for recommending names on Facebook can be considered prior art under some circumstances. This is the same as described above with one difference: Facebook uses a k of 2 (everyone that is 2 degrees from the user, or one degree from the user's friends). In this patent application the value of k can vary to different maximum degrees of separation. Since k is a tweakable parameter, I would say that Facebook's present system IS prior art. (You can view this when selecting find friends and looking at the list under “Discover people you may already know”. |
Basic Information
| Type of Prior Art | Online Publication |
| URL | https://register.facebook.com/f... |
| Author/Creator | Facebook.com |
| Title | Discover People You May Know |
| Publication Date | April 4, 2006 |
| Publisher | |
| Directions to Document Location | One needs to register as a Facebook user to view this document. However, it can be seen by anyone with at least 2 friends. |
| Additional Information | I do not know how long Facebook has included this feature, but at least as long as I have been on the site. |
Notes / To Do
| Notes | Find out the first date for including this feature. Carefully examine the prior art checklist below, as I'm sure I've left out ommissions. |
Excerpt
Excerpt Find people you know on Facebook
Your friends on Facebook are the same friends, acquaintances and family members that you communicate with in the real world. You can use any of the tools on this page to find more friends.
Find People You Email
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Searching your email address books is the fastest and most effective way to find your friends on Facebook.
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Discover People You May Know: |
Relevance
Claims
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The system of Claim 1 wherein the component that identifies contact paths traverses a social network formed by the contact lists starting at the contact list of the target user.
Relevance
Same as the Facebook system within a path length of 2.
Same as the Facebook system within a path length of 2.
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The computer-readable medium of Claim 16 wherein the recommendation criterion is that a user is not in the contact list of the target user and that there are multiple contact paths between the target user and the user.
Relevance
This is clearly already done in Facebook. In fact, it specifies this value to the end user "you and [target user] have [n] friends in common". For each of these n friends there is a contact path of length 2 that corresponds to the above statement.
This is clearly already done in Facebook. In fact, it specifies this value to the end user "you and [target user] have [n] friends in common". For each of these n friends there is a contact path of length 2 that corresponds to the above statement.
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